Still Here

Hello friends! We are still here, just have been really BUSY! Adam's parents have been here and we were in San Antonio for the weekend and I am just now getting caught up.We had a great weekend. I really think we should buy a house in San Antonio, as much as we go...hehe:) We had such a delightful time on the Riverwalk and even rode one of the tour boats down the river. I have to say that it was extremely HOT and at one point, I thought we were going to melt into a puddle!We saw a couple getting married and I told them congratulations. Anderson kept telling everybody congratulations the rest of the day! ha!

We stopped by one of our favorite places the Mexican Market. You truly feel as if you are in Mexico, not the scary, gang infested Mexico...but Mexico City.
They have the MOST BEAUTIFUL china I have ever seen!! It is handmade in Mexico and is blue and white and I just LOVED it!! I wish I had taken a picture of it.
Sunday morning, we went to an AWESOME little restaurant (The Guenther House) that is actually a flour mill. They have the BEST pancakes ever!! And the prettiest yards ever!! Great for little boys, who love to run away from their momma's!Do you love botanical gardens like we do? I think in every city we have visited, we always go to the botanical gardens there. San Antonio's is my favorite of them all. I love the different types of flowers. They have a little pond that has some ducks that are really fun to chase! The last thing on Sunday was go to the Missions. These were Catholic churches that the Spanish set up in San Antonio(because Texas was once Mexico) when the were trying to bring religion to Mexico. These missions were built in 1760 and are still functioning Catholic churches today. They are the MOST beautiful things I have ever seen!

It's My Happy Place

Hello friends! I am SO ecstatic!!! You remember when I said I wanted to go to the happiest place on Earth? Well.... we are in July!!! I am seriously a little nutty(all the time) but especially when it comes to Disney. I LOVE Disney World and always have! I even get THIS happy and I think Anderson will too! This was taken at the zoo today and if you look closely...I don't think his feet are even on the floor!My mom, who is retiring by the way tomorrow(it's her retirement trip with us) is taking us and Bob's(my step-dad)grand daughters and his daughter. And do you know that tickets have really gone up since the last time we went in 2004. But guess what, this pack rat saved our tickets we got in 2002 that were Park Hoppers and we can STILL use them for 1 day! Can you believe that?!

I've gone a little Disney crazy and ordered a couple of things for Anderson with mickey mouse ears and his name written in the Disney font on them. :) Anderson and I have been watching this video and he keeps wanting to watch it "again" and again and again.

A few of my best Disney memories were: when Momma took my friend Tricia Woodham and me when we were 12. We had SUCH an awesome time. We even got our picture taken to look like a Teen Beat magazine cover. Pretty hilarious!

Another time my Daddy and Mimi took me and my sister Jana. I was 4 or 5 and I got SO EXCITED that when I got inside the gate, I just took off running. I think they found me like 15 minutes later....or something like that :)

Adam and I went with his parents and his brother Anthony and my SIL Kelly. We had a ball. We went to eat here. You've got to try it!!!

Okay, so we haven't been in about 6 years, so I need updates. Help me out and give me some advice. Especially advice for taking small children. Thanks!

Life is a sprinkler

Pretty fast paced and sometimes a little messy.

Hello friends! Anderson and I went walking again this morning for 30 minutes. I have vowed to myself that after 10 pounds are gone, I get new tennis shoes and after 20 pounds are gone, that I get to go to the tanning bed for 1 month. It's a good incentive. :)Yesterday, we had some fun in the sprinkler at our neighbor's house. I know I've mentioned it, but I'm really glad we moved into this neighborhood. We are all about the same age and so are our kiddos.
Anderson just would stand in the sprinkler, letting it hit him in the face!
All of the neighborhood kids are really sweet. They were even helping with disciplining him, saying "Anderson, we don't push, it's not nice".
The kiddos with their chalk drawings. Anderson was actually drawing a little bit and then he toted around an orange highlighter and paint brush that was in the chalk box. Ha!And splashing around in mud puddles too!!
We LOVE Spring and can't wait for Summer(it's almost here).

It's a park kinda Monday

Hello friends! We went to the park today and walked the pups and played on the playground. It was a lot of fun! Anderson had a blast at the playground with some other kids. I took all kinds of pictures to show you, but I saved them on my mom's camera's internal drive? And....uh...I can't access it. Oops! Oh well, it was beautiful, take my word for it.

We didn't have too much going on today. We just made a trip to the new grocery store in town. It's awesome and cheap! They sell only off brands of food, but seriously has some steals on their food items.

And of course, our Monday trip to Chick-fil-A. :)

I'm going to try and start going EVERYDAY (Mon-Fri)to go to the park to walk. We walk about 2 miles. It's part of my diet with Atkins. Yes, I know...a lot of people say it's not that healthy, but it takes weight off, and that's just what I need! Doing pretty good so far!

Happy Birthday Momma!

Hello friends! We've been doing our usual Friday deal. We've gone to the mall(of course) ridden the carousel, and played at the playground(complete with shoving a few kids too;)Happy Birthday Nunna! I SOOO wished we could be in Dothan celebrating with you! Please know that I LOVE you more than words. You are my momma and my best friend.
Reasons why I love my momma:1. She's a great momma.2. Great encourager of me, Adam and Anderson.3. She always tells me that I do a great job as a momma( I feel validated;)!4. She's a great Nunna!5. She loves me and Anderson UNCONDITONALLY!!6. She's a great listener.
7. She's ALWAYS told me I could do ANYTHING I wanted to do...like be President of the U.S.!( I believed her:)

8. She's has beautiful flowers9. I LOVE her laugh!

10. She's a great wife to Bob11. She's SO MUCH FUN!

I LOVE you Momma! Happy Birthday!!

Pictures--Hooray!!!!!

Hello friends! I bought a sim card reader that will read my camera's old sim card and I am borrowing my momma's camera until we can get a new one. So, we have pictures!! I'm thrilled!!
We've had a great day. Anderson is hitting less, that's always a positive. Guess all those time outs really work, cause spanking didn't, it made it worse...and I HATED doing it anyways ;)We've been to the library and I reminded myself why I don't take Anderson anymore, because he wants to scream and run around and pull books off the shelf...eek!

We also went to the Goodwill Store and got 11 books for $4.05. I'm telling you it's such a great deal to go there and they have GREAT books! ha!While Momma and Bob were here I took these pictures. I will have more tomorrow. :) Miss them so much already!
At the zoo with Momma and BobMom looks more excited than anybody to be there! ha!Nunna reading Anderson's FAVORITE book, Matthew Van Fleet's "Cat Book".I LOVE this picture of Bop walking Annabelle and Gus in the park. So sweet!This is from Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum in San Antonio. Anderson wasn't having ANY part of being still enough for a picture! And Adam and Anderson if front of the Alamo. I kept telling Anderson that the slogan was..."Remember the Alamo" and when we would mention going to the Alamo, he would say "member"

You can obviously see how much it was raining too...so glad it stopped!

One last picture, I thought this picture was a hoot that's Britney Spears at the wax museum...Ha!

Busy Wednesday

Hello friends! Anderson and I have been busy this morning. It's so hard to think back and remember how I got myself and Anderson dressed in the mornings. We don't get ready and out until about 9:30 or 10:00 a.m. When I worked, it used to be out by 6:30 a.m. Ha!

Anderson had to get his ears rechecked (because he had a double ear infection two weeks ago). They looked good!! Hooray, cause I hate keeping him on meds.

We went to the Post Office because my momma's birthday is on Friday. Anderson kept saying "play" and I kept saying "this is the Post Office, you can't play here". Ha! The world is his playground:)

Several of you suggested different types of cameras and I'm thankful for that. Cause I have NO idea where to start.

I am wanting a camera that is not TOO expensive but doesn't have a delay. One that when I take a picture of Anderson he's not all the way turned around before it takes the picture. Do you know any kind that are like that?? I get so confused looking at them.

I just watched last night's American Idol of Lee's performance. Can I just say, "If he doesn't win then something is absolutely WRONG". He's awesome. Just awesome. Just watch...don't cha think so??! And that is one of my favorite songs of ALL time, I just loved Jeff Buckley's version!

I'm still contemplating what to do in our kitchen. I've got some ideas of using my existing fiesta ware, but need to keep looking around for other ideas.

My low carb diet is working, 3 pounds so far!! :)